18 books like Disney's The jungle book

What to read after Disney's The jungle book — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Pooh Goes Visiting and Pooh & Piglet Nearly Catch a Woozle A. A. Milne · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 30p · ≈ 1h · Moderate **A. A. Milne's texts have been skillfully adapted by veteran Easy Reader author Stephen Krensky**, so they retain all of their original charm. And every spread of these inviting books features full-color Ernest Shepard illustrations. In Pooh Goes Visiting, Pooh eats a bit too much and faces the prospect of being stuck in Rabbit's hole-until he loses weight! When **Winnie-the-Pooh visits his… Shares Book, Children's, Classic, Children

Heidi Spyri, Johanna · 1885 · ★ 4.1 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging ***The famous Swiss classic about Heidi, a five-year-old orphan girl*** who goes to live with her grandfather, and his goats, in an alm (Alpine pasture)...up the Alps. **One of the most loved classics ...both by children and adults, alike.** ***Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness to all who know her on the mountain. When Heidi goes… Shares Children's, Classic, Children, Classics

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain · 1817 · ★ 3.9 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of… Shares Children's, Classic, Children, Graphic Novels

Little men Louisa May Alcott · 1885 · ★ 3.9 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.***--LibraryThing*** With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the… Shares Book, Children's, Classic, Children

The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The adventures of Mowgli, a man-child raised by wolves in the jungle, have captured the imaginations not just of children, but of all readers, for generations. Shares Mowgli, Jungles, Animals

The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1887 · ★ 3.8 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Not so much a sequel as a small collection of short stories, only five of which feature Mowgli and friends. The best known of the stories is 'How Fear Came', which tells the story of how the tiger got his stripes. Shares Mowgli, Jungles, Animals

Tilly Catherine Cookson · 1980 · ★ 4.3 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate ***In early Victorian times, Tilly Trotter goes from a lowly cottage on the edge of the Sopwith estate, through suspicion of witchcraft and personal disillusionment, to fulfillment of a prophecy that she would come into her own.*** Shares Audiobook, Book, Classic

Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Farley Mowat · 1956 · ★ 3.3 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, **Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of… Shares Children's, Classic, Children

Black Beauty Anna Sewell · 1877 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging (Ages 9-12, Gr. 4-7) An **animal rights classic** that's also an engaging read, **BLACK BEAUTY follows the life of an ebony horse from birth to old age**, and from pasture to the cobblestone streets of **19th century England** This morality tale and **animal "autobiography"** gives a sweet and kind horse **a voice that's relatable yet unsentimental.**. Black Beauty's life begins on the grounds of… Shares Children's, Children, Graphic Novels

The Complete Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1895 · ★ 3.9 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India. Shares Mowgli, Jungles, Animals

The Bobbsey Twins Laura Lee Hope · 1904 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Moderate ***"The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out"*** introduces the delightful and inquisitive Bobbsey children-Bert and Nan, eight years old and dark and thin; and Freddie and Flossie, four years old and blonde and plump-two sets of high-spirited twins living in Lakeport, USA. ***The first of more than eighty books in a series,*** The Bobbsey Twins sets up a winning formula, allowing us to… Shares Children's, Classic, Children

Landfall, a channel story Nevil Shute · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate ***Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter.*** Jerry is a flying officer in the RAF. At the hotel which is the hangout for officers he sees Mona. She has taken the job of barmaid at the Royal Clarence because it is more exciting than anything else she can find to do.… Shares Book, Classic

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary · 1981 · ★ 4.1 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. With Beezus in Jr. High and Mr. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels the pressure with everyone counting on her to manage at school by herself and get along with Willa Jean after school every day. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was named… Shares Children's, Children, Classics

The Bastard John Jakes · 1974 · ★ 4.4 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate ***“Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman,*** Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experience. Through his struggles, his passions, his loves, and his courage, ***we share the wondrous adventure which became our America!”*** Shares Book, Classic

Mother West Wind's children Thornton W. Burgess · 1911 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Fifteen tales that explain why Danny Meadow Mouse has a short tail, the reason Reddy Fox has no friends, and other mysteries about the residents of the Green Meadow. Shares Children, Animals

The Murder at the Vicarage Agatha Christie · 1930 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate ***Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.*** Miss Jane Marple is a village busybody who applies human nature to crimes. Colonel Protheroe, magistrate universally despised, was shot in his study, unheard. His wife Anne admits newly arrived artist Lawrence Redding is an old flame, and both confess to murder. **The local inspector and Miss Marple sort… Shares Audiobook, Classic

My Teacher Fried My Brains Bruce Coville · 1991 · ★ 4.2 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The first day of seventh grade was probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal’s life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien’s hand in a dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer! Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp—or before the aliens try to fry the whole planet? "Coville deftly… Shares Children's, Children

The Man in the Cat-Hair Suit William R. Greene · 2011 True stories from the life of William R. (Bill) Greene. How would you face these situations: Misplaced possums? Kitty spam? Putting a cat on a diet? Learning the name of a one-armed turtle? Force-feeding a large animal? Coping with alien technology? Nursing a burst appendix at home? Producing an… Shares Animals

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